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Posts tagged "National Museum of Mexican Art"

The Pilsen Picasso: Francisco Mendoza, 1958-2012

The Pilsen Picasso: Francisco Mendoza, 1958-2012
Francisco Mendoza, 53, an artist and a teacher, left his mark in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood. Every day thousands walk by his murals at the 18th Street Pink Line “L” stop. His mosaic murals grace Orozco Community Academy in Pilsen. Among his many other works is a mural at the YMCA in South Chicago, the neighborhood... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
March 17, 2012 at 11:37 am
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Chicanísima cultural calendar

Chicanísima cultural calendar
Here are some upcoming cultural events that may interest Chicanísima followers in Chicago: Diego El Cigala Flamenco artist Diego El Cigala is performing Sunday, Nov. 6, 2011 at the Harris Theater. His latest CD is called Cigala & Tango, and is from a concert he gave in Argentina that fused flamenco and tango performers. Una... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
November 5, 2011 at 9:58 am
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The African Presence in Mexico exhibit ends Sunday

Have you heard the story of Yanga? He was an enslaved African who escaped the Spanish and founded the first free town for slaves in the Americas in the state of Veracruz, Mexico. That was in 1610. That was even before the English colony, Virginia, brought slaves over in 1619. More than 200 years later... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
November 10, 2010 at 12:07 pm
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Fernando Diaz and Silvia Rivera, local Latino journalists on the move

Latino journalists in Chicago are on the move. Fernando Diaz Fernando Diaz has been named the new managing editor of Hoy Chicago, the Spanish-language newspaper owned by the Tribune Co. And Silvia Rivera was named managing director of Vocalo.org, an initiative of Chicago Public Radio. Both announcements were made public Monday. Diaz was previously the... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
March 2, 2010 at 11:38 am
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Radio Arte and Vocalo.org collaborate in community radio

If you haven’t heard about Radio Arte, you soon will. Radio Arte, a community, bilingual and youth-centered radio station owned by the National Museum of Mexican Art, is joining forces with Vocalo.org, founded by Chicago Public Radio, for a year-long collaboration. Radio Arte’s entire radio programming will be rebroadcast on Vocalo.org’s HD-2 channel full-time, seven... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
November 20, 2009 at 8:55 am
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Sandra Cisneros honors her mother for Day of the Dead

A bottle of perfume, massage balls and a tiny figurine of Dumbo. These were some of the favorite objects of author Sandra Cisneros‘ mother. And they are integrated into an ofrenda, or an altar, that she built for her for the Dead of the Dead exhibit at the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
September 27, 2009 at 11:40 pm
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Mexican journalist Elena Poniatowska speaks in Chicago

One of Mexico’s greatest journalists and writers, Elena Poniatowska, will be in Chicago Saturday afternoon for a lecture at the National Museum of Mexican Art in Pilsen. Poniatowska, 77, is the author of more than 50 books but she is best known for La Noche de Tlatelolco, (Massacre in Mexico) about the student protests that... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
August 21, 2009 at 2:48 pm
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Pilsen mural vandalized says "Mexicans are racist."

An immigration-themed mural that Latino youth were painting was vandalized in the Pilsen neighborhood overnight. Scribbled over it were the words “lies” and “Mexicans are racist.” The mural is an extension of a past exhibit put on by the National Museum of Mexican Art called a “Declaration of Immigration.” Silvia Rivera, general manager of Radio... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
July 29, 2009 at 12:15 pm
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Divinas: Tania Libertad and Eugenia Leon in Millennium Park

It may be a cool night by the lakefront. But a concert tonight by singers Tania Libertad and Eugenia Leon in Millennium Park is sure to heat things up. Libertad is from Peru but has called Mexico her home for the last 30 years. She sings boleros to Afro-Peruvian and Mexican classics. I saw her... Read more »
By Teresa Puente,
June 4, 2009 at 1:33 pm
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